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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wassef Haroun, Seattle, WA (US);
George M Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Forrest Foltz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Edward L Stubbs, Redmond, WA (US);
Felix Gerard Andrew, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520083 ; 364188 ; 379 9301 ; 379 9328 ; 348 14 ; 348552 ;
Abstract
A computer includes a housing, a processor positioned in the housing, and an external bus adapter configured to allow the processor to access consumer electronics devices positioned outside of the housing using an external bus. The processor is configured to produce a first digital audio signal, to mix the first digital audio signal with a second digital audio signal to produce a unified digital audio signal, and to transmit the unified digital audio signal to a consumer electronics device using the external bus.